Final
NY Yankees leads 1-0 (as of 4/16)
| Game 1: Wednesday, April 16 | ||
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| Boston | 9 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 15 | |
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| Game 2: Thursday, April 17 | ||
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| Boston | 7 | Final |
| NY Yankees | 5 | |
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7:05 PM ET, April 16, 2008
Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York
| View: Play-By-Play | Pitch-By-Pitch | Inning: All | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Boston - Top of 1st | SCORE | |
|---|---|---|
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| J Ellsbury grounded out to pitcher. | 0 | 0 |
| D Pedroia walked. | 0 | 0 |
| D Ortiz grounded out to third, D Pedroia to second. | 0 | 0 |
| M Ramirez doubled to deep left, D Pedroia scored. | 1 | 0 |
| K Youkilis struck out swinging. | 1 | 0 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 1st | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| M Cabrera popped out to shortstop. | 1 | 0 |
| D Jeter reached on infield single to first. | 1 | 0 |
| B Abreu homered to right, D Jeter scored. | 1 | 2 |
| A Rodriguez homered to left. | 1 | 3 |
| H Matsui flied out to center. | 1 | 3 |
| J Posada grounded out to second. | 1 | 3 |
| 3 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| J Drew singled to center. | 1 | 3 |
| J Varitek walked, J Drew to second. | 1 | 3 |
| S Casey walked, J Drew to third, J Varitek to second. | 1 | 3 |
| J Lugo grounded out to third, J Drew scored, J Varitek to third, S Casey to second. | 2 | 3 |
| J Ellsbury grounded into fielder's choice to catcher, J Varitek out at home. | 2 | 3 |
| D Pedroia grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 2nd | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| J Giambi grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| R Cano grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| C Moeller singled to shallow right center. | 2 | 3 |
| M Cabrera struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| D Ortiz grounded out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| M Ramirez struck out looking. | 2 | 3 |
| K Youkilis flied out to center. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 3rd | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| D Jeter grounded out to shortstop. | 2 | 3 |
| B Abreu lined out to second. | 2 | 3 |
| A Rodriguez struck out swinging. | 2 | 3 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 4th | SCORE | |
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| J Drew flied out to left. | 2 | 3 |
| J Varitek doubled to right. | 2 | 3 |
| S Casey singled to center, J Varitek scored, S Casey to second advancing on throw. | 3 | 3 |
| J Lugo grounded out to third. | 3 | 3 |
| J Ellsbury lined out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| 1 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 4th | SCORE | |
| Clay Buchholz pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| H Matsui singled to center. | 3 | 3 |
| J Posada flied out to center. | 3 | 3 |
| J Giambi singled to right center, H Matsui to second. | 3 | 3 |
| R Cano flied out to center, H Matsui to third. | 3 | 3 |
| C Moeller doubled to left, H Matsui scored, J Giambi to third. | 3 | 4 |
| M Cabrera walked. | 3 | 4 |
| D Jeter singled to right, J Giambi and C Moeller scored, M Cabrera to third. | 3 | 6 |
| J Tavarez relieved C Buchholz. | 3 | 6 |
| M Cabrera scored, D Jeter to second on wild pitch by J Tavarez. | 3 | 7 |
| B Abreu struck out swinging. | 3 | 7 |
| 4 Runs, 4 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 5th | SCORE | |
| Chien-Ming Wang pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| D Pedroia doubled to left. | 3 | 7 |
| D Ortiz singled to right center, D Pedroia scored. | 4 | 7 |
| M Ramirez singled to shallow center, D Ortiz to second. | 4 | 7 |
| K Youkilis singled to center, D Ortiz to third, M Ramirez to second. | 4 | 7 |
| J Drew singled to shallow center, D Ortiz and M Ramirez scored, K Youkilis to second. | 6 | 7 |
| R Ohlendorf relieved C Wang. | 6 | 7 |
| J Varitek struck out looking. | 6 | 7 |
| S Casey singled to center, K Youkilis scored, J Drew to third. | 7 | 7 |
| J Lugo struck out looking. | 7 | 7 |
| J Ellsbury walked, S Casey to second. | 7 | 7 |
| D Pedroia singled to shallow left, J Drew and S Casey scored, J Ellsbury to second. | 9 | 7 |
| D Ortiz struck out swinging. | 9 | 7 |
| 6 Runs, 7 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 5th | SCORE | |
| Julian Tavarez pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| A Rodriguez grounded out to second. | 9 | 7 |
| H Matsui singled to right. | 9 | 7 |
| J Posada doubled to left, H Matsui scored, J Posada to third advancing on throw. | 9 | 8 |
| J Giambi walked. | 9 | 8 |
| R Cano singled to right, J Posada scored, J Giambi to second. | 9 | 9 |
| C Moeller walked, J Giambi to third, R Cano to second. | 9 | 9 |
| M Cabrera grounded into fielder's choice to second, J Giambi scored, C Moeller out at second, R Cano to third, R Cano scored, M Cabrera to second on throwing error by shortstop J Lugo. | 9 | 11 |
| M Cabrera stole third. | 9 | 11 |
| D Jeter grounded out to third. | 9 | 11 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 1 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 6th | SCORE | |
| Ross Ohlendorf pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| M Ramirez walked. | 9 | 11 |
| L Hawkins relieved R Ohlendorf. | 9 | 11 |
| K Youkilis struck out swinging. | 9 | 11 |
| J Drew singled to right, M Ramirez to second. | 9 | 11 |
| J Varitek struck out looking. | 9 | 11 |
| S Casey flied out to left. | 9 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 6th | SCORE | |
| David Aardsma pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| D Aardsma relieved J Tavarez. | 9 | 11 |
| B Abreu flied out to left. | 9 | 11 |
| A Rodriguez hit by pitch. | 9 | 11 |
| H Matsui flied out to center. | 9 | 11 |
| J Posada popped out to shortstop. | 9 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 7th | SCORE | |
| LaTroy Hawkins pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| J Lugo grounded out to pitcher. | 9 | 11 |
| J Ellsbury lined out to shortstop. | 9 | 11 |
| D Pedroia grounded out to shortstop. | 9 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 7th | SCORE | |
| David Aardsma pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| J Giambi flied out to center. | 9 | 11 |
| R Cano grounded out to second. | 9 | 11 |
| C Moeller singled to left. | 9 | 11 |
| M Cabrera singled to right, C Moeller to third, M Cabrera tagged out at second attempting to advance on play. | 9 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 8th | SCORE | |
| Billy Traber pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| B Traber relieved L Hawkins. | 9 | 11 |
| D Ortiz fouled out to catcher. | 9 | 11 |
| B Bruney relieved B Traber. | 9 | 11 |
| M Ramirez singled to center. | 9 | 11 |
| K Youkilis struck out swinging. | 9 | 11 |
| J Drew flied out to left. | 9 | 11 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| New York - Bottom of 8th | SCORE | |
| Mike Timlin pitching for Boston | BOS | NYY |
| M Timlin relieved D Aardsma. | 9 | 11 |
| J Lowrie at third base. | 9 | 11 |
| D Jeter walked. | 9 | 11 |
| B Abreu struck out swinging. | 9 | 11 |
| A Rodriguez hit a ground rule double to deep left center, D Jeter to third. | 9 | 11 |
| H Matsui intentionally walked. | 9 | 11 |
| J Damon ran for H Matsui. | 9 | 11 |
| J Posada doubled to right, J Damon to third, D Jeter and A Rodriguez scored, J Damon to third. | 9 | 13 |
| J Giambi doubled to left, J Damon and J Posada scored. | 9 | 15 |
| R Cano flied out to center. | 9 | 15 |
| C Moeller flied out to center. | 9 | 15 |
| 4 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors | ||
| Boston - Top of 9th | SCORE | |
| Brian Bruney pitching for New York | BOS | NYY |
| J Damon in left field. | 9 | 15 |
| J Varitek grounded out to first. | 9 | 15 |
| S Casey walked. | 9 | 15 |
| J Lugo singled to right, S Casey to second. | 9 | 15 |
| J Ellsbury popped out to shortstop. | 9 | 15 |
| D Pedroia flied out to left. | 9 | 15 |
| 0 Runs, 1 Hits, 0 Errors | ||

